Children and families all over the world have decorated their windows with rainbows as signs of hope and positivity and as a way to show support and love for nurses, doctors, delivery persons, and all essential workers. This week’s Lower School challenge was to join this chorus and create a rainbow at home made […]
Bridge Film Festival Turns 21 As Students Enjoy a Virtual Film Festival on a Virtual Platform Since the year 2000, Brooklyn Friends School colleague Andrew Cohen has organized and produced the Bridge Film Festival. It was created with the goal of encouraging creative – and socially conscious – middle and upper school students to produce […]
Since the transition to Virtual School, the Office of Service Learning & Civic Engagement has organized meaningful virtual opportunities for students to continue their social change efforts with community partners and with each other across divisions! Here are some exciting highlights: In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NAACP Director of Environmental […]
Enjoy a moving and uplifting collaboration of BFS colleagues and our multi-talented middle and upper school orchestra and choir students, who present the traditional Shaker hymn, “Simple Gifts.” As you might imagine, virtual teaching, learning – and producing – this video episode was anything but simple, but the result is indeed simple, beautiful, and most […]
Last fall, a group of 3rd grade students showed up at our Head of School’s Office and requested to meet with Crissy. They then proceeded to sit with her and began with, “We are here because we need your help.” The rest, as they say, is history. A powerful letter in hand, they advocated for […]
NBC may have Jimmy Fallon, CBS may have Stephen Colbert, and Comedy Central may have Trevor Noah, but BFS comes out ahead in the ratings with Kate and Jonathan! Kate, Jonathan, special guests, and a staff of Lower School comedy writers have brought laughter and joy to the Virtual BFS community. Stream all ten episodes […]
As Preschool students enjoy their daily interactions with classroom teachers and each other on Zoom, they also engage with specialist teachers. Enjoy a song about fish (with lessons in counting and colors) with music teacher Nancy Tanney.
Putting their writing and art skills to work while celebrating National Poetry Month, the 3rd grade wrote and illustrated their own haikus. The students took inspiration from “Wabi Sabi” by Mark Reibstein. In “Wabi Sabi”, a small cat seeks to find real beauty in unexpected places. We are touched by these students’ abilities to […]
¡Es un pájaro! ¡Es un avión! ¡No! ¡Es un superhéroe de distanciamiento social! While there have been a myriad of adjustments for our students and colleagues during this time of Virtual BFS, the learning and creativity have gone unchanged! Case in point, Middle School Spanish students recently wrote and designed their own public health information […]
Give to the BFS Tuition Assistance Emergency Relief Fund April 14, 2020 Dear BFS Community, As a Quaker school, we are always called to consider the ways in which our actions can have a positive social impact on the human experience. I have learned that in times of difficulty throughout our school’s history, we have consistently come together to assist each other. Our value of stewardship […]
March 12, 2020 Dear Families, I begin this letter with a sincere note of gratitude for each of you. I know that the unexpected closure of school earlier this week caused varied challenges for our community. I also want to acknowledge that aligning care for your children, determining what to do each day, and balancing […]
The 2021-2022 Health and Safety page can be found here. *These messages and materials represent our communications and resources from Spring 2020. An updated COVID-19 resources page is forthcoming.* Virtual BFS is now open! Brooklyn Friends School buildings are temporarily closed. This page serves as a home base for school communications. The school will only […]
